Inkstand



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN J. HOEY, OF NEYV YORK, Y.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,033, dated June 11, 1889.

Application filed September 28, 1888- Serial No. 236,652. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. HOEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Inkstand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an inkstand provided with an automatically-closing cover to prevent the evaporation of ink; and my invention consists, principally, of a cover pivoted to the stand and Weighted below the same for closing the cover, the same being provided with a topprojection for opening the stand in the act of dropping the pen.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new inkstand; and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, showing the cover closed in full lines and open in dotted lines.

A represents a suitable frame or supportfor the ink-receptacle B, and 0 represents the cover for the receptacle B. This cover is formed or provided at its rear corners with the downwardly-projecting arms D D, pivoted to the stand A on rod E below the ink-receptacle. The said arms D project below the pivot E and are provided with the weight F, to counterpoise the cover in such a manner as to permit it to swing back easily to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and then return it to position for closing the ink-receptacle. The cover 0 and arms D D are nearly at right angles to each other. To the front corners of the covers 0 are attached the upwardly projecting and forwardly inclined arms or members G, provided with a crosspiece or roller H. The cross piece stands somewhat above and somewhat in front of the cover 0, so that in dipping the pen the hand or pen-holder will strike the cross-piece before reaching the position to be thrust into the inkreceptacle. This touch of the hand or penholder, however slight, will swing the cover entirely open, so as not to interfere with the dipping of the pen, and the cover will be antomatically returned by the weight F.

The lower ends of the arms D D are slotted, as a a, to permit the weight F to be adjusted up or down, as required, to cause perfect operation of the cover.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The stand A, in combination with cover 0, having arms G and D, the latter pivoted below the ink-receptacle and provided with the weight F, substantially as described.

2. The cover 0, provided at its rear corners with the downwardly-projecting arms D and at the top with the upwardly-projecting arms G, substantially as described.

JOHN J. HOEY.

\Vitnesses:

W. S. WALKER, EDGAR TATE. 

